Versa 3 Auto recognized exercise gps question

[Lolkupo]

Hello,

I'm getting back into running and have been using the auto recognize feature to track my runs so far.

I wanted to track how far I've been running but it looks like the auto recognize feature for running states that GPS will not be turned on.

Is there a way to enable this? 

It looks like if I use my Versa and swipe to exercises and select running I'm able to check if the GPS is connected but an auto recognized exercise doesn't do this.

[LZeeW]

Hello @Lolkupo and welcome to the Community.  I can see that you are a new Fitbit user, so a little history might help.  Fitbit's auto-recognition feature is called SmartTrack and it was released in 2015.  It was added to the Charge HR, a device that doesn't have an Exercise app.  It can't turn on GPS, because that's the way it's programmed.  It's on several other devices like the Flex 2 and Alta/Alta HR., devices with no exercise app.  If you want to get your running distance, you need to use the Exercise app.